EDB-40871

functional

Linux Kernel 4.4.0 (Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 x86-64) - 'AF_PACKET' Race Condition Privilege Escalation

view exploit source exploit_dbverifiedtype localauthor rebelpublished 2016-12-06catalog exploit_db

exploited CVEs (1)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2016-8655US	high7.8	11.1% (96th)	Exploit	2016-12-08
Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging the CA…

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